CompletedNot Applicable

Intensive Meditation and Migraines: Effects on Health and Well Being

United States36 participantsStarted 2008-04

Plain-language summary

Participants completing training in intensive meditation and continuing frequent practice for one year would experience reduced frequency, duration and severity of headaches along with improved awareness of the triggers of their symptoms, improved quality of life and mental health, improved heart rate variability, and reduced inflammation.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 75 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic Daily Headache, defined as a headache at least 15 days of the month, of which at least 8 are migraines. Exclusion Criteria:1. * Severe depression, anxiety, panic attacks, psychosis or dementia that may interfere with ability to participate in a 10 day course * Active alcoholism on screening or use of illicit drugs within the last 3 months * Already completed a 10 day course * Actively involved in another form of meditation over the past 6 months * Women who are pregnant, planning pregnancy during trial period, or lactating.

What they're measuring

number of migraine days, number of headache days

Timeframe: 3,6,12 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00663585

SponsorJohns Hopkins University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-02

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